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UPGRADES Global Hunter Securities lifts Patterson-UTI Energy (Nasdaq: PTEN) from Accumulate to Buy.

Credit Suisse boosts Forest Laboratories (NYSE: FRX) from Neutral to Outperform, raising its price target from $35 to $41.

Raymond James upgrades Harley-Davidson (NYSE: HOG) from Market Perform to Strong Buy. BofA/Merrill Lynch increases Silgan Holdings (Nasdaq: SLGN) from Underperform to Buy, with a price target raised from $41 to $51.

AutoNation Inc. CEO Mike Jackson received a pay package valued at nearly $6.8 million in fiscal 2010, up 31 percent from fiscal 2009.

UPGRADES Canaccord Genuity upgraded UBS AG (NYSE: UBS) from Sell to Hold, increasing their price target from $15.45 to $18.40.

HSBC upgrades Baidu (Nasdaq: BIDU) from Neutral to Overweight, boosting their price target from $116 to $158.

BMO Capital upgrades NYSE Euronext (NYSE: NYX) from Market Perform to Outperform, with a price target increased from $32 to $40.

Buckingham Research upgraded AutoNation Inc. (NYSE: AN) from Underperform to Neutral.

AutoNation Inc., the nation's largest auto dealership chain, said Saturday it hit the brakes on the popular Cash for Clunkers program three days early because it wants to make sure it can submit the paperwork on thousands of sales to the government before a Monday evening deadline.

AutoNation Inc. says it stopped participating in the Cash for Clunkers program late Friday because the auto dealership chain wants to make sure it can submit the paperwork on its deals to the government before a Monday evening deadline.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch raised its estimate on AutoNation Inc. Monday, citing an increase in auto sales due to the "Cash for Clunkers" rebate program.

AutoNation Inc., the nation's largest auto dealership chain, says its second-quarter profit fell 29 percent as consumers bought fewer cars in a stressed economy.